Teleophthalmology and the digital divide: inequities highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought an unprecedented change in the way we deliver eye care to our patients, most notably with the rapid addition of telehealth technology into our practices. We have welcomed telehealth with open arms in hopes that it would improve access to care for our patients; howev...

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Autores principales: Scanzera, Angelica C., Kim, Sage J., Paul Chan, R. V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7703735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33257801
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41433-020-01323-x
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has brought an unprecedented change in the way we deliver eye care to our patients, most notably with the rapid addition of telehealth technology into our practices. We have welcomed telehealth with open arms in hopes that it would improve access to care for our patients; however, one question remains: Does it improve health equity?
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spelling pubmed-77037352020-12-01 Teleophthalmology and the digital divide: inequities highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic Scanzera, Angelica C. Kim, Sage J. Paul Chan, R. V. Eye (Lond) Editorial The COVID-19 pandemic has brought an unprecedented change in the way we deliver eye care to our patients, most notably with the rapid addition of telehealth technology into our practices. We have welcomed telehealth with open arms in hopes that it would improve access to care for our patients; however, one question remains: Does it improve health equity? Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-11-30 2021-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7703735/ /pubmed/33257801 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41433-020-01323-x Text en © The Royal College of Ophthalmologists 2020
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